Wayland Student Press Network 4/3/14: Students to participate in PARCC pilot test. Three freshman and four junior English classes selected randomly will take participate in a pilot version of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test for English on April 7, 8 and 10. These trial runs are intended to help the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) decide whether or not to adopt the Common Core standards and replace MCAS, a state-wide test previously used, with PARCC.